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      Now with over 250 sites reviewed.

      If you've come across any great or really ugly singles sites please let us know.

      Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

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      Most of the World Wide Web sites listed below offer the postal addresses of women and/or men for $10 (U.S.) each. If that cost varies we try to give it to you. The sites are rated as follows:

      ***** - The Best
      **** - Very Good
      *** - Good
      ** - Fair
      * - Just OK

      - Bad, You've Been Warned

      - The Really Ugly Singles Site of the Month receives our new "Two Bagger Award"

      The sites listed as FREE do not charge for any postal and/or e-mail addresses. Some organizations offer a free membership but you must pay to contact their members. Some sites charge for some addresses while giving others away for free.

      A word of caution!
      Recently there have been a number of reports on television and in the press about fraudulent activities of some or the "Russian" singles sites. "Marketplace," a Canadian TV program, did an investigative report on a number of suspect operations. The Russian sites go to great length to recruit new women. Some women have even been listed as "marriage minded" when they applied for possible positions as photo models. Marriage was not on their list of "things to do." Even among the women who were interested in marriage, many could speak no English whatsoever (even though they were listed as English speaking) and a lot of letters were thrown away unopened. Let the buyer beware.

       

       

      Updates

      * Baltic Beauties Portfolio - PHOTOS
      When we first tried to visit this site (July 1997) we found it nowhere near ready for the Web. It's improved. The photos and profiles are good but there are only 23 women listed and the addresses start at a whopping $25 each! Most sites sell addresses for $10. Try Cupidon -- a free service (below) and save yourself some money. One reader has indicated to us that this site is run by the same person who operates the sleazy TSM below. (Oct 97)

      ** Cupidon - PHOTOS - FREE
      This site was incredibly slow when we last visited but is now much improved. There are only 29 women listed. The photos are of fair quality but the profiles are good. You can't beat the prices though, you can e-mail these women for FREE. (Oct 97)

      ** Joy Marriage Club - PHOTOS - FREE
      No, not the "Joy Luck Club" -- the Joy Marriage Club. This site offers listings of women mainly from St. Petersburg, Russia. The site is quicker than when we last visited and the web site has an amateurish look, but you can e-mail these women FREE and some addresses and phone numbers are displayed online as well. (Oct 97)

      * Love-Com - FREE
      We gave this site (which called itself www.LOVE.com) one star when we visited in March of '97. This is probably one of the most aggravating sites you could imagine. You have to view sponsors ad pages before searching profiles — what a concept! The members aren't even separated as to gender here. The site is free though, if you can stand the commercials, so we still give it one star. (Aug 97)

      Randevu - PHOTOS
      When we tried to look at the catalog we got the following message. "You pointed your browser to URL which doesn't exist any more or You are trying to access the restricted area of our database." We wonder what the webmaster is up to. (Oct 97)

      Be In Touch II "The best singles club on the Internet."
      You must become a member here before using the service. We signed up in March and again in August and we're still waiting for our membership to be activated. Stay tuned, but don't hold your breath. (Aug 97)

      ** P.S. I Love You International - PHOTOS
      This service offers well arranged pages and a good search feature. There are more than 1000 single women listed here, mostly from Russia. The thumbnails here were fair and were lacking in important information (see below), such as whether or not the women have children. Personal videos are available for all the women listed at $9.95 each.
      (Jul 97)

      Reader Feedback on P.S. I Love You International

      I agree with you that this site technically is first-class. The search feature works great, the photos are good, etc. But the profiles are misleading / incomplete. I sent for some videos (they don't sell addresses) and here's what I found:

      • All of the women I selected had children which was a fact not indicated on the profile.
      • None of the women worked at their listed occupation, if they did work at all.

      I know this because, interestingly enough, the videos are very revealing and honest and much better than a copy of a letter. I just wish that the site was also as honest.

      I hope this info is useful."
      - G. G. from Georgia

      **** Anastasia - PHOTOS
      Hundreds of single women from Anastasia Magazine are featured here. The biographical information is adequate and some of the women have more than one photograph. Prices start at $20 per address. Anastasia recently sent us review copies of their magazine and video tapes. The magazine was first rate, while the video was recorded at SLP which decreased the video quality somewhat. The videos are worthwhile however. If a picture is worth a thousand words a video must be ten thousand. It's charming to hear some of the women making a valiant effort to speak English. Their video bios aren't well rehearsed but we think that's a good thing, it gives a very informal feeling to them. (May 97)

      Webmatch - "WebMatch is one of the only free dating services on the net..."
      Webmatch is not a free dating service. It's only free unless you want to respond to an ad – then it costs you money. Are we missing something here? Webmatch seems to be offline a lot lately, maybe for good – yours and ours. There is a way you can use Webmatch which will allow others to contact you without buying their "love notes." Just put your e-mail address in your ad. Readers will be able to contact you directly.

      Webmatch also doesn't answer their e-mail, which we find really strange for a company doing business on the Internet. We've e-mailed them and have gotten no replies. We are not the only ones, apparently — read below.

      Reader Feedback on Webmatch

      "I have sent several questions in the past to the staff at WebMatch, but never have gotten a reply. They just don't give a darn. I have seen references to this from other people too."
      – Steve from Seattle

      "In hindsight, I wished that I had come across your site several months ago and found the information about Webmatch.com. Even though they say that they are FREE and give 1 love note credit, to get any more love notes one has to pay and arm and a leg. It is not worth it. Even their message board called Backseat allows users to post trash and plus they do not listen to or bother with complaints."
      – Arthur from Arkansas

      We revisited Webmatch and found a new promotion. If you join Webmatch's Premiere Club you get Unlimited FREE LoveNotes. Expect to pay at least $15 a month to qualify for these "free" love notes. (Oct 97)

      ***** Meet Me Online - PHOTOS - FREE
      Meet Me Online provides a top notch service to single men and women from around the world (although most entries are from the United States). The search function works better than it did in March and their data base is getting a lot larger. The bios in the personal ads are fair to good and there are a good number with photographs. And you certainly can't beat the price. In March we thought the header at the top of every page should be made smaller, so you wouldn't have to scroll down to see the personal ads. Maybe somebody is listening because the headers have been fixed. This is one of the best sites – made better. (Oct 97)

       

      New Listings

      CyberTimes - "Access 11 TOP Dating Sites 6 Months FREE!!!"
      Another "free" offer. CyberTimes says on its site, "Pay attention. All you need to do is copy down the reference code "i4get" and you'll get 6 months added on to your membership after you join." Apparently you have to shell out some money to get the free six months membership. We think that's pretty tacky. (Nov 97)

      ** Berezka - PHOTOS - FREE
      The Berezka site needs some work. To go to the "Next" profile you click on "Previous." The price is right though.(Oct 97)

      Connections USA - "America's Premiere On-Line Dating Singles Network (FREE!)"
      Sorry, we don't think Connections USA is a premier anything. And they advertise themselves as being free on Cupid.net. They aren't free, they charge $2.99 a minute to contact members through their 900 phone number. Don't waste your time! (Aug 97)

      IntroNET Personals - "FREE! Meet local area singles! All 50 states"
      The above quote is from Intronet's ad on cupid.net. Free! Well, it ain't free and it ain't very good either. You have to subscribe before you can contact members. You pay for a whole year, and there are no refunds. (Aug 97)

      Singles Library, The - PHOTOS
      There are a lot of thumbnail photos here but many of them are much too dark. Somebody has a big task ahead of them to repair all the bad photos. The bios are hard to read too because of the patterned background. We vote for a plain background to improve legibility. Much of the bio information is displayed in all capital letters — another no-no. The search feature located members close by and also a couple of thousand miles away from the area code chosen. The Singles Library hasn't answered our e-mail either. (Aug 97)

      * International Contacts - PHOTOS
      If you are looking for organization, this site is not for you. This site is a hodge podge and has very few members. It's slow too. (Aug 97)

      * Natali - PHOTOS - FREE
      There are no thumbnails to surf here, you have to go to each person's individual profile to see the photos, but some do have more than one. You can e-mail members without charge. All of the members appear to have their own e-mail addresses through USA.net. (Aug 97)

      1. * Action Dateline - "Action Date Hot Line (It's HOT)"
        Well we don't think it's so hot, but we do think it's expensive. It costs $2.49 per minute and you must be 18 or over to call their 900 number. (Mar 97)

      2. * Affection Connection
        This is a very nicely put together site. Somebody shelled out some money to have their side professionally prepared -- an interesting concept. Some of the other sites we reviewed here look like they were done by Bevis and Butthead Associates. (Kewl. Heh-heh, heh-heh.) Affection Connection listed only about 30 women online. They want you to purchase their magazine, and that's what you'll have to do if you want to contact any of these women. (Feb 97)

      3. ** African American Home Page Singles Connection - PHOTOS - FREE
        AAHP features bios and photos of single African American men and women -- mostly from the United States. The photos range from fair to good, but don't accompany all the personal ads here. Fair to very good bio information is given, and you can e-mail members for FREE. (Mar 97)

      4. *** Alisa - PHOTOS
        There were about 230 single women from Russia and Eastern Europe featured here when we visited. There were good quality thumbnails which are linked to larger photos, Sometimes there are additional larger photos available as well. The bios mostly don't tell you if the women speak a foreign language, and the bio text is in strange colors that just make it difficult to read. Still, this is one of the better sites we've reviewed, but the addresses are a little pricey, starting at $20, with a minimum order of two.(Feb 97)

      5. America's Hottest Dateline!
        Another addition to the long list of cheesy 900 phone operations. With over 175,000 callers since June 1997 it proves that P.T. Barnum was right. (Apr 97)

      6. * All For Love
        Don't bother with this operation unless you really need another 900 number phone service to call. (Mar 97)

      7. * Al Zafaf Matrimonials - FREE
        Al Zafaf provides an online service primarily for Muslims. The bio information is only fair and there are no photos. The system is FREE however. (Mar 97)

      8. ***** American Singles - PHOTOS - FREE
        This is the largest non-profit dating service in the United States, with over 55,000 active members online. There are good bio profiles written by the members and a growing number of photos. This site is for both single men and women. American Singles asks for a donation for forwarding letters. (Feb 97)

      9. * Amigos International
        Amigos offers catalogs and tours to Latin America to meet single Amigas. (Feb 97)

      10. * Amore - FREE
        Membership is free for men and women while they are adding to their very small database. (Mar 97)

      11. Amoreee
        This is a sample ad from Amoreee. Really! Have we ever lied to you? "i'm 6 foot 9 and i have the best looking face around -- I am a single male with blue eyes and live in westmont. Ihave 1 dog ;he's i domation by the name of duke. I work at Lee hospital and enjoy going to fun places. If you like me just email me and i'll give you a call Thank you." (Mar 97)

      12. * Amour - PHOTOS
        This is a service for both single men and single women. You can't browse thumbnails here like you can at many other singles sites. Clicking on a name brings up a page with (usually) one or more photos. The bio information is fair. (Mar 97)

      13. ** Anastasia Contact Club - PHOTOS
        When you first click on this site it might be a good time to get a cup of coffee. When you get back the page just might be finished loading. Then you have to click on "Enter" which is probably what you wanted to do in the first place. Then you have to make some choices on setting up your browser and selecting the number of thumbnail photos per page. (Yawn, are we there yet?) There are hundreds of women listed here and some have more than one photo. The photos range in quality from poor to good and most women have at least two different photos. The bio data falls a little short. We don't believe this site is associated with the Anastasia site listed above. (Feb 97)

      14. * Animal Lovers Connection
        This is a site for single men and women who love house pets and other animals. The bio information is fair, and membership is $10. (Mar 97)

      15. ** Ark Electronic Shadchenter
        This site is a Jewish International introductions and dating database. (Mar 97)

      16. * AsiaWest FRIENDS
        You must become a member of AsiaWest before you are permitted to browse the listings. (Feb 97)

      17. * Asian Eyes - PHOTOS
        Is that all there is?! There were only 18 Oriental women listed here, although the pages were pleasantly designed. There was limited biographic information, but large, good quality photographs. (Feb 97)

      18. * Asian Introduction Service - PHOTOS
        Many oriental women are featured. The first photo page takes long to load but has over 300 thumbnail photographs you can browse. Complicated purchasing arrangement for addresses and limited bio data. (Feb 97)

      19. * Asian Lady International - PHOTOS - "Click to Enter"
        When we clicked on the link we got, "GREAT!! You Found Us...... "CLICK TO ENTER." That's what we just did -- clicked here to enter, why do we have to do it again? When we did we then got two more choices: "Take this "LINK" to "THE BEST" Adult entertainment on the web." and "Take this "LINK" to The Asian Lady Introduction." We clicked on Asian Lady and got, another screen which only had the link, "ENTER HERE." Dang -- finally to the Main Page. When at last we got to the listings there were many pages to view but all the photos were black and white and fuzzy. The bio information is poor and we had to scroll horizontally (even at 800 x 600 resolution!) to see everything. You can, however, get all of the addresses available on the site for only $30. (Feb 97)

      20. * Asian Rose Tours - PHOTOS
        Asian Rose offers tours to the Philippines and pen pal introductions. It's a poorly designed site. You have to be a detective to find the women's listings here. The addresses are $3.95 but he bios were poor and the thumbnails didn't link to larger images. Also, you can't really tell how many listings are here without paging through the entire catalog. (Feb 97)

      21. ** Assol - PHOTOS
        This is another Russian site. Is "Assol" a term of endearment there? The service is FREE for some of the women listed -- their addresses are displayed on the screen. Others cost $10. The server here is also very slow. (Mar 97)

      22. * Atlanta Singles - PHOTOS
        Personal ads mainly form the Atlanta, Georgia are featured here. The service is for both single men and women. The bios vary widely in the amount of information given and the photos vary in quality as well. Not many people are listed here as well. (Mar 97)

      23. *** Beautiful Ladies From Russia - PHOTOS - "High reputation of our company guarantees your success."
        Guess what? Only single, very attractive single Russian women are listed here. There are good thumbnails and larger photos. The bios are good as well. (Mar 97)

      24. * Big Apple Dating - "s*f self-confideny"
        We thought New York City would come up with something a little saucier than this -- this is a sample ad, except for the "dweeb" part:

        (email) dweeb@555.1212
        "(sex) Male
        (age) 24
        (height) 5'5
        (weight) 160
        (race) white
        (from) long island
        (seeking) Female
        --------------------------------------------------
        swm 5'5 bl/bl looking for s*f that is self-confideny
        intelligent and secure with self for new adventures
        good times"
        --------------------------------------------------

        Let the good times roll! At least this place is free, that's something isn't it? (Mar 97)

      25. ** Catholic Alumni Clubs International
        The CAC is intended for single, Catholic professionals. To qualify for membership you must be single, Catholic, free to marry in the Church, have a two- or four-year college degree or equivalent or be a registered nurse. Membership is also open to non-college graduates. Local CACs may impose stricter membership requirements, such as requiring a four-year degree. Not very consistent rules are they? (Mar 97)

      26. Cebu-USA Correspondence Club
        You wanted ugly -- you got it. This one is really ugly -- it's another, "CLICK" to Enter" site! This place should be called, "The Annoying Animated Graphics Web Site."



        Don't animations like these give you a headache?! And it would be nice if they told you Cebu was part of the Philippines. If you don't believe us, like Yogi Berra said, "You could look it up!" The addresses start at $3. Try Cherry Blossoms (below) instead. We've nominated this site for a place of honor at "        Web Pages That Suck." (Feb 97)

      27. * Canadian And American Datelines
        Another 900 phone operation. (Mar 97)

      28. **** Candlelight Connection - PHOTOS - FREE
        This appears to be a clone of American Singles. This site is for both single men and women. They ask for a donation if you send them letters for forwarding. You can e-mail members for FREE. (Mar 97)

      29. ** Chance Light - PHOTOS
        This site serves the Chance Marriage Agency in Russia. There wasn't much here when we visited and it's so slow we wonder why they didn't get a mirror site with a better server. Good bios and photos of the single women listed but there aren't many of them. Is that why it's Chance Light? (Mar 97)

      30. ***** Cherry Blossoms - PHOTOS
        One of the original international introduction service's, Cherry Blossoms has been around for over twenty years and has resulted in over 10,000 marriages. It's recently come to the Net and it's amazing. There are thousands of listings, photos, and a great search function. Cherry Blossoms is one of the best. (Feb 97)

      31. ** Chinese Dating Net - PHOTOS - FREE
        The Chinese Dating Net features men and women from around the world. There are a few photos with the personal ads but you can contact people for FREE via e-mail. (Mar 97).

      32. China Girls Dating Service
        You have to be a paid up member to view any profiles online here. China Girls also says, "You can join for free!" When we filled out the application we were told we had to pay – a three-month membership costs $30. What you get for that $30 is access to the bios of "24 girls." They don't say whether you also get their addresses. If you're interested in single Chinese women we recommend you try         Cherry Blossoms instead. (Apr 97)

      33. * Christian Connections Matchmaker
        This is a Christian matchmaking service. We might have rated it higher but for its questionnaire. (Mar 97)

      34. * Christian Contact Line
        Offers Christian singles' ads online. There are no photos. (Mar 97)

      35. * Christian Dateline
        This is for Christians who like 900 phone numbers -- a very small, select group. (Mar 97)

      36. ** Christian Singles
        This is a service for single Christian men and women mainly in the United States. Christian Singles offers a mail-forwarding service as well as contact by telephone. The bio information is fair to good but only a few listings have photographs. (Feb 97)

      37. Christina's International Introduction's - PHOTOS
        Christina's offers to sell videos of eligible women from South America. They also offer an Executive Search service for $349.95. Apparently you don't have to be an executive, but you do need the 350 bucks. They say they guarantee each video, "features 60 serious, marriage-minded ladies," but a few lines down they guarantee, "It is our policy to not ship a video unless at least 45 ladies are available..." So do they guarantee sixty or at least forty five?! This company can't even punctuate its own name correctly. Their banner says, "Christina's International Introduction's." Let's get the apostrophe out of here. (Feb 97)

      38. * Club Prima "The World Leader In The International Introductions To The Most Beautiful And Sincere Women In The World." - PHOTOS
        Wow, check out Prima's home page. Kind of makes you wish you had a monochrome monitor doesn't it?! Club Prima features 24 single Russian women online. You'll have to order their catalog for more. One of Club Prima's pages says, "The women, many of who are blue or green eyed blondes, redheads, and brunettes, are remarkably similar in appearance to American ladies (but without the attitude)." Boy, these guys are going out on a limb. (Feb 97)

      39. * Club Victoria - PHOTOS - "P.S. Please, don't accompany your messages with the return of our advertisenemts and photos. Don't send to us the advetisements of your goods and services. Thank you!"
        So says Club Victoria. We have yet to figure out just what this site is offering. If you figure it out please let us know, and remember, don't send them any advertisements! (Feb 97)

      40. Compumatch
        This one is ugly. You must fill out a profile before using the system at Compumatch. The profile builder was broken when we visited in March. We sent e-mail advising them of the problem but received no response. We tried again in April and this time the profile entry went OK. When we clicked on a potential match we got the message, "You can view as many profiles as you wish for free. How ever in order to protect your privacy and the privacy of other users, NetMatch provides this service only for holders of Tokens." And guess what – you'll have to spend at least $24 before reading any profiles, "for free." We e-mailed Compumatch about this and we'll keep you posted, just don't hold your breath until we hear back from them. (Apr 97)

      41. ** Contact International - PHOTOS
        About 60 single women from around the world are listed, mostly from the Philippines. Twenty or so single men were also listed here. Fair to good bio information and fair to good photos. (Mar 97)

      42. * Correspondence Club '70 - PHOTOS
        Listings of ladies from Russia, Europe, Asia and worldwide. The membership fee of the club is $70 which gets you magazines and addresses. You can't browse profiles or photos online. (Feb 97)

      43. ** Cupid's Arrows
        Approximately 40 single Russian women are featured on Cupid's Arrows, up from about a dozen in February. The bios are OK but don't see the entire bio until you click on a woman's name. The photos range from fair to good. Cupid's Arrows states, "Please, E-Mail us! Cupid Always Answers." We e-mailed them and were surprised to receive a reply within the hour! (Apr 97)

      44. * Cupid's Corner - PHOTOS
        This site for single men and women mainly from the U.S. charges $9.95 for a one month membership. The bios vary widely in their quality. (Mar 97)

      45. *** Cupid's Network
        One of the largest collections of dating relating resources on the Internet. This is a gateway to other companies and another good starting point for locating singles sites.
        (Feb         97)

      46. * Cupid's Personals
        Cupid's Personals has listings for men and women from around the United States. The personal ads are categorized by telephone area codes. There are no photos and bio information varies widely in its quality. (Mar 97)

      47. ** Cupid's Women Of The World - PHOTOS
        Features many women from around the globe. This site is on the same network as Cupid's Network above. Over 200 women were listed and all had photographs, which usually were of good quality. The site is difficult to browse quickly, but has above average biographic information.

      48. * Cyber Pages Singles Club - PHOTOS - FREE
        This is a FREE service for both single men and single women. It does need some basic reorganization however. (Mar 97)

      49. * Cybermate International - PHOTOS
        Many listings had "PHOTO NOT YET AVAILABLE" plastered to one side. This site features both single men and women but aims mainly at the state of Arizona. You make your contact through a 900 phone number. (Feb 97)

      50. Cyberpersonals from St. Petersburg
        Another, "where's the beef?!" site. (Mar 97)

      51. * Czech Partners For Life - PHOTOS
        This site lists women from Czechoslovakia and the Ukraine. There are about 36 from each country. The photographs range in quality from poor to good and the ordering procedure is unnecessarily confusing. See how quickly you can find the cost of a single address -- on second thought, don't waste your time. (Feb 97)

      52. * Date Maker
        Date Maker covers about half of the states in the U.S. You make contact by calling a 900 phone number. (Mar 97)

      53. * Date.Net Date Trader Net - PHOTOS
        This site is for both men and women. Listings are from many countries but mainly the United States and Canada. There are few photos but generally plenty of biographical information. Membership is by subscription. Inexpensive. (Mar 97)

      54. * Dateline
        A three-month membership to Dateline costs $27. There's not much on the Internet except a form to print and mail in. (Mar 97)

      55. ** Dateline's Island Girls - PHOTOS
        Pages of photos and bios of island ladies. The "islands" are from all over the world,anywhere from Malaysia and Indonesia to the Caribbean and even Singapore. Many of the bios are charming and seem to be taken directly from the women's applications to dateline. Addresses are $5 each (minimum order $20) or $75 for the entire list! (Mar 97)

      56. ** Dateline's World-Wide Connections - PHOTOS
        Much the same as Dateline's Island Girls site above -- even with listings from Singapore and Costa Rica. Canada and a few other countries are also represented. There are also a few listings of men. (Feb 97)

      57. * Domino
        The server for this site is located in the Ukraine -- that means it's slow or dead. (Domino... they make Domino sugar from molasses don't they?) We finally got some data after four days trying. We think they're running a networked system of Commodore 64s. Domino's is just not worth the wait. (Feb 97)

      58. ** Don't Be Alone Services - PHOTOS
        This service says, "You have the option of loading the file of any lady. The only thing in common to the ladies belong to this group was the cronological order of incoming, in other words, there are not any common feature among ladies belong this group." Heh, Incoming, INCOMING! That quote from Don't Be Alone really rolls off the tongue doesn't it? We don't know why, but we like this site anyway. It's ancient, it's been around since 1995! Really, there are listings from 1995. Trust us. Have we ever lied to you? There's tons and tons of stuff here (but then again, we just got through looking at Domino's). Many sites use thumbnail photos to get your attention, Don't Be Alone uses some pinkynail images too. And when you click on some pinkynails you get another pinkynail, which is the same darn thing without a colored border. Still, we like this operation. Maybe we're just suckers for names like Svetlana, Natalia, Ekaterina, and Natasha (Do all Russian women's first names end in an "a"?) (Feb 97)

      59. **** Dream Girls - PHOTOS
        The Dream Girls are selected as "the prettiest of all the women listed on         Scanna's home page booklets," and who are we to argue.
        Lena, Dream Girl from Sweden. Luiza, Dream Girl from Romania.

        The pictures above are thumbnail photos from the 'Dream Girls.' Clicking on the thumbnails brings up larger images on their site. The bios are pretty good too. You have to go to the         Scanna home page for ordering. (Feb 97)

      60. ** Edgerton International Connections - PHOTOS
        This site had about 200 listings of Russian women. The thumbnails were good and linked to large photos. The bios were poor -- only name, age, height and weight were listed. Edgerton says the price for all 268 listings is $69.90 plus shipping -- that would get you about seven addresses at other sites. (Feb 97)

      61. Een Personal Ad Department
        You have to be a member here before browsing the site. Unfortunately the sign-up area wasn't working when we visited -- two weeks in a row! We e-mailed them about the problem and we are now holding our breath. (Mar 97)

      62. * Elegy International - PHOTOS
        Over 100 Russian women are featured on Elegy. The thumbnails are of good quality and there are larger photos as well. The bios were only fair. (Mar 97)

      63. *** E-mail Encounters By Photo-Date - PHOTOS - FREE
        This is a FREE service for single men and women from around the globe. The bios are better than average and photos are fair to good. You reply via e-mail. (Mar 97)

      64. * Encounters International - PHOTOS - "These women have a different outlook on life and marriage. They are less materialistic than their American counterparts and are more family oriented. As wives, they desire to build a loving home, follow their husband's lead, and stick with the marriage, even when times get tough or things stop being "fun"."
        We haven't always been able to connect here and when we have it's been slow. Encounters features a few listings from their magazine. The photos are quite good and the bio information is about par. (Feb 97)

      65. * Euroconex International - PHOTOS
        "New listings here soon." Don't you just hate it when you click on a page number and get pages with, "New listings here soon"? We know we sure do, and this site has a number of surprises like that. Euroconex featured over 100 listings of Russian and European women and had fair bio information and photos ranging from good to "mug shot" quality. Some pages were blank, some list only one woman, while others listed five or more. There is also a need for a new look for this site -- it looks like it was thrown together in an hour. Addresses are $10 with a minimum order of $30. (Feb 97)

      66. * European Connections - PHOTOS
        European connections "photo catalog" features four – count 'em, four – photos of Russian women from their catalog. You can't do much more than that here. No bios are available, just a pitch to sell you their catalog. Just for laughs try downloading the order file – talk about a cockamamie way to print a file. We followed the instructions and the order form was all out of kilter. (Feb 97)

      67. * Filipina Dream Girls - PHOTOS
        Features usually poor quality snapshots of Filipina women. The photos are large (70-90k) and load slowly. The bio material is part of the graphic. There are no thumbnails to browse, but the addresses are only $2 each with no shipping and handling. (Feb 97)

      68. * Filipina Pen Pals - PHOTOS
        An odd-ball, graphically-challenged web site with listings of Filipina women seeking pen pals. The photos are mostly poor in quality but there is fair bio information. There are also links for purchasing of naughty videos. Tsk, tsk, tsk. (Feb 97)

      69. * Filipina Write-Match - PHOTOS
        This site offers introductions to women of the Philippines. There are photos of fair quality and adequate bio information for the listings. Addresses are as inexpensive as $3 each and there is a minimum order of $15. (Feb 97)

      70. * Fire and Passion - PHOTOS
        Features about 120 Brazilian women with nine thumbnail photos per page. You have to view the pages successively though, which is a disadvantage. There are some broken links that need repair -- the site seems to stop at page 14. (Feb 97)

      71. * Florida Fedorova - PHOTOS
        This site features 26 photographs, generally of good quality,of women who appear to be mainly from Russia. After you become a member you can receive bio information and addresses. The whole thing is needlessly complicated and probably turns a lot of people off -- it did us. (Feb 97)

      72. ***** Foreign Affair - PHOTOS
        Russian, Asian, Latin American, and European women are listed here -- well over 1000 of them. You'll have difficulty finding a site with more complete bio information and better photos. There are thumbnails and larger photos as well -- often two or three. The pages load quickly enough, and we looked for something we'd like to change. We decided that would be nit picking, and we'll have to save some of the nits for the sites that follow. We don't want to run out. This is one of the better singles sites you'll find. Check it out. (Feb 97)

      73. ***** Foreign Relations - PHOTOS
        Foreign Relations is a very professional site offering listings of both single women and men from around the globe. The site is very well organized and quite large. Russia alone had more than 2,500 listings with 90 new ones added on February 21, 1997. The only thing we'd like to see added is a search feature like the one available on Cherry Blossoms. Large sites like this could really use one. The thumbnails are fairly small but load quickly and link to good-sized photos and the bio information is good. You can even order additional photos and a copy of the applicant's original letter for many people listed on Foreign Relations. This is one of the best sites reviewed here.
        (Feb 97)

      74. *** Forever Yours - PHOTOS
        Forever Yours features Filipina women and has an unique thumbnail browser in a frame. For $24.95, you receive the photos, bios, and addresses (phone numbers, if available) of the 200 women listed. (Mar 97)

      75. * Fortuna - PHOTOS - FREE - "We work individually with forein clients in the office to the mutual benefit."
        This is a FREE service so we can't be too hard on them, can we? Much as we might like to. It's on one of the slowest servers we've come across. (Feb 97)

      76. * Free Love Personals By E-Mail
        Free love -- is that on oxymoron or what? This free love costs $9.95 for 13 weekly mailings. You apparently get personal ads taken from Usenet Newsgroups -- Free Love Personals gets them for free, sorts and organizes some of them and sends them on to you -- for a price. Such a deal. At least there are no 900 phone numbers. (Feb 97)

      77. * Friend Finder
        A singles service for both men and women from around the globe. You must first become a member (it's FREE) before contacting other members. (Mar 97)

      78. * Friends And Lovers - FREE
        Free personal ads for men and women. Sun signs are even listed. (Mar 97)

      79. ** Friendship Office - PHOTOS
        The Friendship Office features women from Asia, Russia, North & South America. Good photographs and fair bios. All 126 addresses are available for $69. (Mar 97)

      80. GeoDate - "Please allow time for the pages to down-load. They are WELL worth it!
        Oh no they're not. The GeoDate pages are some of the worst we've ever seen. This site offers error messages such as, "Mapping Server Error: This server encountered an error: Couldn't open configuration file: /export/home/./com /geodate/public_html/ads/navbar2.map." The site also features terrible graphics, a slow server, few members, and a weird concept. (Feb 97)

      81. Get Met On The Net
        Men and women are listed on this site. The server was unusually slow and the search function gave us matches from all over the U.S. instead of the single area code we chose. Not ready for prime time. (Mar 97)

      82. ** Gimeney International Agency - PHOTOS
        A Russian marriage agency featuring good photos and bios. Addresses in the 5/6/96 update are FREE -- others are $10. (Mar 97)

      83. * Girls Of Honduras - PHOTOS
        This outfit lists over a hundred women from Honduras. The photos are of generally poor quality (too dark) and there is limited bio data online. The addresses start at $5. The site also has a listing of Russian women whose address start at $10. Hmm... (Feb 97)

      84. * Global Introductions
        Global Introductions features single man and women from around the world. They do the matchmaking for you. A three month trial membership for $29 gets you thirty computer matches. (Mar 97)

      85. ** Global Village Love Connection - - PHOTOS
        This site -- from what little we've seen -- shows promise. It was a little faster than when we visited last. the photos and bios are fair to good. (Mar 97)

      86. * Heart Of Asia - PHOTOS
        A service listing single women mainly from Asia. The thumbnails pages are strange, with some women shown multiple times in identical photos -- all hot linked. You can't "browse forward" either -- an irritation. The thumbnails are very fuzzy as well. Addresses start at $17 for three. (Mar 97)

      87. *** Heart Fires International - PHOTOS - "Life in x-ussr... has left these ladies untouched and unspoiled by the ideas of western feminism."
        Heart Fires features unspoiled single women of the former Soviet Union. The bios are fairly well done and there are good quality photos. The addresses are sold for $10 each but you can also e-mail three women for free to get started. (Apr 97)

      88. * Heart To Heart International - The sites gives you thumbnails only and brief bios of women, mainly from Russia. Electronic version of their print magazine. Addresses are $10 each. (Feb 97)

      89. Heart To Heart Introductions
        You fax or mail in your questionnaire to this singles service. We e-mailed them to ask what the costs are -- twice. We're still waiting for a response. Apparently e-mail requests are ignored on this Internet site. (Mar 97)

      90. * Homestead Hotline
        This site has little online but offers it's printed publications for sale. (Feb 97)

      91. Hot Hot Hot Dating Page
        Not Not Not! This is just another expensive 900 phone service. (Apr 97)

      92. Incredible
        Apparently this service has just a home page. Incredible! The home page did look cute though. (Mar 97)

      93. Inetrnational (sic) Club of Lonely Hearts! - "Tis page is under construction yet. Visit us a bit later."
        This site was last modified Oct 31, 1996 and it's still under construction. (May 97)

      94. * Indian Matrimonial Link - FREE
        Provides a FREE matrimonial service for the Asian-Indian community. (Mar 97)

      95. * Indolink Matrimonial Ads - FREE
        Free matrimonial ads -- if you can find them. (Mar 97)

      96. * Intercontact Marriage Agency
        Intercontact states that their agency, "... provides absolutely free services for responsible and responsive foreign men." Doesn't absolutely free mean FREE? Here absolutely free means $10 per address. The text was difficult to read on the overpowering background this site used. (Mar 97)

      97. ** Intermingle - FREE
        A promising looking site serving men and women. Good bios. This is a FREE service. (Mar 97)

      98. * International Connections - PHOTOS
        The thumbnails here are of fair to poor quality and some are distorted. There are larger photographs to view and the bio information is about average. (Feb 97)

      99. International Contacts - PHOTOS - "This club was created with the end of helping the people of the world to find their ideal company. Every time that we know of a new encounter that is carried out us for our activity, it fill of satisfaction for go on."

        That's quite a mouthful isn't it? International Contacts offers membership but little else on the Internet. Quoting from their page, "International Contacts is a membership organization. We must qualify you before admittance. You must be financially secure, legally unmarried and able to travel and date freely. We reserve the right to perform a background investigation on any new or existing member." Big Brother is watching. We requested membership information via e-mail on March 17, 1997. When we get a response we'll let you know how you too can qualify. (Feb 97)

      100. * International Dating Service - PHOTOS
        Good luck at finding where you start browsing -- you're going to need it. Once you pass "Go" this site gets better. It's actually pretty well arranged. Oriental women were the main attraction here and there was better than average good bios and good quality thumbnails and larger photos. Unfortunately we couldn't find more than 15 listings here. (Mar 97)

      101. * International Dating Service - PHOTOS
        An international dating and marriage service for American and European men wishing to meet oriental girls for correspondence, love and marriage. (Mar 97)

      102. * International Dating Services - A dating service featuring oriental women. Good bio information but only about 25 women are listed. Snapshot photos of each. (Feb 97)

      103. * International Email Club
        Membership is $10 per month. (Mar 97)

      104. * International Introductions, Inc - PHOTOS
        Poor quality black and white photographs and difficult to read, as well as very limited, bio profiles. All the listings here of Filipina women. (Feb 97)

      105. ** International Introductions USA - PHOTOS
        Listed here are women from the format Soviet Union. The thumbnails are of only fair quality but all are linked to larger photos. The bio data is good and the server this site is on seems to be very quick. The Order Form indicates a minimum order of four addresses is required but doesn't say how much they are. (Feb 97)

      106. * International Marriage Agency - PHOTOS - FREE
        This site featured about 25 listings of Russian women. Most had multiple photos and fair biographic information. You can e-mail the women listed for FREE. (Feb 97)

      107. * International Singles Mall
        A new service for Christian singles. For the next three months the International Singles Mall is extending FREE memberships to females 18 - 25 years old and males over 50. The cost for this free membership is $5.95. (Mar 97)

      108. * Interationales Eheinstitut
        This site is in both German and English. In the left frame you must scroll down to see the "Info in English" link. That should really be up top, so you can see it right away. If this was a French site having an English version might be illegal -- you know the French, but don't get us started. This site warns, "Let´s say the received data are not thougt up and the ladies are also actually in search of a man, so the first problem is the contact. If you write a letter to Russia it possibly don´t arrive. For often post from the west is purloined when there are supposedly cash or checks in it." It's not so easy to understand even in English, is it?

        You have to browse this site through an inadequate search system. There are black and white photos of good quality and fair bio information. Russian women are featured. (Feb 97)

      109. *** Internet Computer-Dating Service - FREE
        This is a free matchmaking service by Yaron Mayer Computer Services. The questionnaire is not user friendly to load or fill out. It's still a DOS (read Stone Age) application. The questionnaire is very through but the printout you receive is difficult to understand. It needs work, but still this is a good service. (Mar 97)

      110. ** Internet Introductions - PHOTOS
        About 40 Russian and Ukrainian women were featured here. There were good thumbnails linked to quite large color photos, the bio information was quite good too. "Portfolios," start at $15. You'll have to do your own research to find out what's in a portfolio. It's not on the order page where it should be. (Feb 97)

      111. ** Internet Personals - PHOTOS - FREE
        A FREE service for single men and women from around the world. The bio information varies widely and there are few photos. (Mar 97)

      112. * Internet Singles - FREE
        This service features listings for both men and women. Bios range from poor to very good but there are no photos. FREE for women and there is a FREE trial period for men. (Mar 97)

      113. ** Intershava - PHOTOS
        A Russian Marriage Agency featuring good photos and bios. (Mar 97)

      114. ** introducing.com - PHOTOS
        This site -- for both men and women -- features some really excellent bios. There are a few photos as well and the site is very well put together. Unfortunately there weren't many people listed here. (Mar 97)

      115. ** Introductions By Irina - PHOTOS
        Over 100 single Russian women are listed on Introductions By Irina. There is good bio material and large and generally sharp thumbnails. (Mar 97)

      116. * Islamic Matrimonial Service
        Bis-Millah Ar-Rahmaan Ar-Rahmeen. We can't help you with this one.(Mar 97)

      117. ** Jewels Of Russia
        More annoying animations on this site. Fairly good sized photos ore on display here, and the bio profiles are pretty good, but there were only 25 listings here when we visited. Addresses start at $5 each. (Mar 97)

      118. ** Jewish International Matchmaking Service
        Not many listings but good photos and bio information. (Mar 97)

      119. *** Jewish Quality Singles
        This site looks promising. There are no thumbnails and the bio information is lacking but this is a new operation and we like the look of it -- so far. (Mar 97)

      120. ** Jewish Single Women Seeking Professional Men Who Enjoy Sporting Activities Through The Year
        This site serves Jewish womyn in search of a mensch for all seasons. (Apr 1 96)

      121. ** Katyusha - PHOTOS
        We always thought Katyusha was the name of the rockets terrorists used against Israel from southern Lebanon. Anyway, you'll find fairly good photos and good bios here. (Mar 97)

      122. Lace International

        Lace International receives our "Two Bagger Award" for 'really really ugly.'

        When She Sings, It's Over!

        Ahh... Grist for the mill! This is a bad one! So bad it's almost good (keyword - almost). Lace International says, "The ladies of LACE come from all over the world and we have structured our web site so as to allow our male membership to search for the lady who matches their exact expectations." Actually of the just over 30 women listed here, all are from the United States except two. We didn't see much structure here either -- just goofy graphics and bilious backgrounds.

        As you might guess, contact is made through a 900 phone number. Lace tells prospective male members -- listen up, "IF YOU ARE NOT a single male, gainfully employed, with a salary exceeding Forty-Thousand U.S.D., do not waste your time looking at these discriminating and beautiful young ladies." If you are a woman however, and want to be listed here, the only requirement is that you "look good in a lace negligee." They are obviously flexible in decision making on the "looking good" part -- one woman weighs 180 lbs. We wonder why she's one of the few without a photo. Lace International says, "This web site is not for everyone." They're right about that -- but we don't think it's for anyone. (Feb 97)

      123. Ladies of Russia - PHOTOS (temporarily offline)
        At this site e-mail addresses only are sold for a whopping $25 each! There were only 27 women listed. The site is arranged better than most, although there isn't any thumbnail index page. One woman says, "I am Russian girl. I am 32, but I am looking younger. I haven't been ever married. I have no children. My growing is 159cm, my weight is 50 kg. I am a kind, modest. I like the life, like to sing, to read, to dance. I work in school, I like to teach children. I know English very well..." We wonder why the webmaster doesn't clean up the English a bit. There are numerous typos as well. We give them an 'E' for Effort.(Jul 97)

      124. * Lantana International Agency - PHOTOS
        Don't waste your time here. There were thumbnail photos here to browse, you just have to find them first. There were also supposed to be profiles, we couldn't find any. Maybe they are talking about photos taken from the side, but we couldn't find any of those either. There were about 8 women listed, maybe more -- this site needs some very basic organizing. We requested a secure order form (for their catalog) but the document "contained no data." (Feb 97)

      125. ** Latinas! International Introductions - PHOTOS
        There aren't many single women listed here yet, but the bios, thumbnails, and larger photos are above average. (Apr 97)

      126. ** Latin Life Mates - PHOTOS
        Very good photos are featured on Latin Life Mates. Over 100 women were listed when we reviewed this site. The thumbnail pages load quickly (some thumbnails are distorted) and are linked to very good quality larger photos. The bio information however, is under par. You'll have to be a member to correspond with these ladies, memberships range from $250 and up. (Feb 97)

      127. *** Latin Magic Introductions - PHOTOS
        This is a very good looking web site. There were more than 150 women listed on Latin Magic. The thumbnails are small and the larger photos not as large as other sites, but the quality is good, and the bio information is adequate as well. (Feb 97)

      128. * Latin Singles
        You must become a member of Latin Singles before you can view any profiles online. Membership to this club is $49 with a $10 monthly charge after the first month. (Feb 97)

      129. ** Latvia Pen Friends - PHOTOS - FREE
        A listing of Latvian people of all ages looking for pen pals, etc. This is a FREE service providing adequate photos and bios of the people listed. (Feb 97)

      130. * LDS Singles
        This is a Later Day Saints' (Mormons) singles' service. A one month membership is $7. (Mar 97)

      131. * Life-Mates - PHOTOS
        There were about 150 Filipina women listed when we visited this site. The pages loaded quite quickly and there were good photographs and fair bio profiles. Life-Mates says their site is, "For U.S. Citizen/Residents only! - No exceptions!" Also, no single addresses are sold, you must buy a package. Packages start at $69.95. (Feb 97)

      132. Lifemates - "Remember you saw it here 1st. Bookmark Now -- AAA-Lifemates, Nonprofit Org. Matchmaker Introductions Worldwide Serious Ladies"
        Totally weird. Lifemates offers 5 addresses for a "contribution" of $25. (It's a non-profit organization.) You can get other information for "contributions" of up to $150. For a contribution of $9 you can get, "Tips on how to write effective. letters to FILIPINA & other overseas ladies. Remember. in the beginning you need to send a lot, not write a lot. of cards & letters." (Feb 97)

      133. ** Life Together - PHOTOS
        Life Together features single men and women from the former Soviet Union and surrounding countries. The bios are fair but the photos are often poor, and there are a number of broken links on the site. Addresses start at $9.

      134. * L.I.S.A. - PHOTOS - "World's Best Friendship Club"
        Lifemates International Services Association features a lists Filipina women. The fees ($5 per address) are given to the Phil/Am Society of Mansota Scholarship Fund. It's tough surfing here, the photos and bio information are contained in one graphic file. The bios range from poor to good. (Feb 97)

      135. * Lifetime Partners - PHOTOS
        This site has quick loading thumbnails of quality ranging from poor to good. There are larger photos of the listees (single Russian women) and the bio information is fair to poor. To obtain addresses you'll have to become a member -- which will cost you $500. (Feb 97)

      136. ** Living Waters - PHOTOS
        Living Waters is a service for single Christian men and women. There is a one-time membership fee of $20 to join. The bios vary widely in the amount of information given and there are only a few personal ads with photos. (Mar 97)

      137. * Love And Romance - PHOTOS
        Women from around the world are featured on this site. There were single photographs for some profiles and multiple photos with others. The bio information was fair to good. (Feb 97)

      138. * Love Connection - PHOTOS
        This is one of the few sites we've seen which even has fuzzy photos on its home page. They're consistent though. The thumbnails are fuzzy too, as are the large photos they are linked to. The bio information ranges from fair to good. Addresses, and phone numbers (where possible) are available in a package of 20 for $29. (Feb 97)

      139. * Love Connection Plus, The - PHOTOS - "We're Canada's favourite, largest and best internet dating site!" TLC+ is a singles site featuring both single men and women The search function worked very slowly, at first we thought it was broken. It costs $25 for e-mail access to ten members. The bios are good but the photos are few and far between. (Mar 97)

      140. * LOYL - Love Of Your Life
        You must buy this site's catalog -- either a hardcopy or a downloadable file -- before you can view the profiles and photographs of the women featured. (Mar 97)

      141. * Luckyman - PHOTOS
        Luckyman lists ladies and men from all over the world. You browse this site by using the search function. The photos and bio information are good. this service requires the purchase of a $500 membership. (Feb 97)

      142. *** Match.com - PHOTOS
        Match.com is a good place for US and Canadian single men and women to get together. The service offers a 10-day free trail. After that membership costs $9.95 per month. There are good bios and a growing number of photographs but the best feature here is a very good search function. Also there are already a great number of members online. It's a good idea to leave your own e-mail address in any messages you leave so people can contact you directly instead of going through Match.com's mail system.

      143. * Modern Dating
        A dating service for single men and women. The system's search is awkward and there are only fair bios. (Mar 97)

      144. ** Meeting Pointe, The - "Where Friends Meet for Life"
        The Meeting Pointe is something new and out of the ordinary. At first we thought it was an Internet dating service in the form of a virtual lounge or night club. After taking the virtual tour we are wondering if this is a real live-world place. Apparently it is. The Meeting Pointe is close to the ABC Entertainment Complex and the Century City Marketplace Theatres. Oh... New York – why didn't they say so. It's amazing how many businesses think the Internet reaches no farther than their own city or town. The Meeting Pointe does look interesting though. We don't know how much membership costs but we'll bet it's more than $10. They even provide a personal Web page service for members. Who knows, maybe you'll meet O.J. there. (Apr 97)

      145. Meet Market BBS
        A 900 phone number operation. (Mar 97)

      146. Meet Market Online Dating Service
        A 900 phone number operation. (Mar 97)

      147. Michiana Cyberconnect - PHOTOS
        This site is for Michiganders and Hoosiers and others from thereabouts. It's a little ugly. (Mar 97)

      148. ** MiNat - PHOTOS
        Russian women are listed on MiNat. There are no thumbnails but there are quite a few members. There are generally at least two larger photos on the bio page. The bio information is only fair. (Mar 97)

      149. * Muslim Matrimonial Link
        Fair to good bio information of single Muslim men and women from around the world. (Mar 97)

      150. * Netfolk Personals 2.1 - PHOTOS - FREE
        Netfolk is a FREE service for men and women from around the world. There are no photos available, but the bio information is usually good. You must become a member, at no charge, to e-mail other members. (Feb 97)

      151. NetTOWN
        Net Town is new – too new to be on the Net. They aren't even finished inventing it yet. They have spammed it all over the Usenet Newsgroups though. Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam. (Apr 97)

      152. * New Zealand Connections - PHOTOS
        You can place your own add for free here. The server was slow and there were not many members as yet and few had photos. You can contact other members via e-mail starting at $5 each. (Feb 97)

      153. ** Ocean Bridge, Inc. - PHOTOS
        Features over 300 Chinese and over 50 Russian women. A number of men are also listed. Individual address start at $5 but you can order a group of up to eight addresses for $10. Good bio information was given and the photos were fair to good. (Feb 97)

      154. * Online Encounters International - PHOTOS
        Online encounters features single Russian women. The thumbnail photos here were larger than most but were often of poor quality, and strangely were not linked to the larger versions. You have to click on the text to view the larger photos and the biographic information. The bios were fair, and addresses start at $5. (Feb 97)

      155. ** Only You - PHOTOS
        Another Russian marriage agency with good photos and bios. This site, like some other Russian sites, has a mirror site somewhere in North America. If you're ever on a slow Russian server (look for a ".ru." somewhere in the URL) look for a mirror site somewhere.

      156. Oriental Connection "The foremost matchmaker in the Orange/LA County area specializing in relationships between Caucasian/ American men and Asian women."

        Apparently African Americans and Hispanic Americans are not welcome here -- Canadians either for that matter. Where can we complain? There aren't many listings here, but both men and women are featured.
        Oriental Connection says, "Our psychologists tell us that there is an underlying role conflict sometimes present between American men and American women. The culture in the United States teaches women to vie for total equality and often, because of survival, the woman will adopt a "male role" in life. In a relationship, this can cause confusion of the partner's roles. Asian women are intelligent and cultured, but fulfill a unique role in their lives that does not conflict with their man's role." If you know who these psychologists are we'd like to know.

        You must be a member before using this service, so we applied for membership.Our representative provided no proof that he was, "financially secure, legally unmarried and able to travel and date freely," as required. He was however, immediately approved. You can be too! Act today. You'll receive another URL to contact. Have your checkbook or credit card handy. Enjoy, and don't say we didn't warn you. (Feb 97)

      157. * Orthodox Connection
        This services is for Jewish singles. It provides confidential and discreet computer-aided matchmaking service for clients who are "Shomer Shabbos and keep a Kosher home." (Mar 97)

      158. *** Orwell Maritime International Marriage Network
        Orwell is a network of singles services (most are listed here) mainly from Russia and Eastern Europe. You can do a search here, and it works -- some of the time. Often the search engine is more of a problem than anything else. The site is usually quite slow as well, so look for a mirror site in North America. (Feb 97)

      159. ** Overseas Match - PHOTOS
        Single women from Europe and Russia are featured on Overseas Match. The bios are poor and the thumbnails are only fair but are linked to good larger photos. The thumbnail pages load fairly quickly. Addresses start at $15.

      160. * Pacific Century Club
        The Pacific Century Club offers sample profiles of oriental (with the emphasis on Japanese) women, from their magazine. One of the women, named Vergel says in her ad, "Please don't hesitate to send epistle because I will do my part." (Feb 97)

      161. * Pacific Island Ladies - PHOTOS
        Women from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pacific islands are covered on this site. The photos are above average but there are no larger photos to view. Individual addresses (minimum of two) were $12. The site seemed very slow to respond -- slower than others visited in the same session. (Feb 97)

      162. * Penpals - PHOTOS
        Penpals is another site featuring oriental women, but they call them girls -- even the ones older than 40! Boy, have they got a lot to learn. (Is it OK to say "boy" here?) This site required some horizontal scrolling -- even at 1024 x 768 resolution! The photos and bios were acceptable however. Addresses start at $5. (Feb 97)

      163. * Perfect Partners International - PHOTOS
        Both men and women were listed. E-mail addresses only are available, and they go for ten at $65. The photos were large enough but too dark, and the bio information was only fair. The single men listed looked like the cast from "Reservoir Dogs" (the ones who weren't camera shy). (Feb 97)

      164. Personal Date Line
        This is another really ugly 900 service. (Apr 97)

      165. * PePe's Global Dating Service - PHOTOS - FREE
        At least they are trying -- very trying, but they're FREE. (Mar 97)

      166. ** Philippine Contacts Introduction Agency
        Gee, after looking at all the other sites here, this one almost reminds us of the old "Waltons" TV show. They don't offer much online, but we liked the Waltons and we liked this site. We feel safe here and on the Internet that alone is worth two stars. (Feb 97)

      167. ** Phodes International Introduction Service Agency - PHOTOS
        Phodes -- for Photo design -- has a screen layout required us to scroll horizontally -- an annoyance. The photos were of good to very good quality -- the bios were fair to very good, even giving you the woman's shoe size on occasion. Many of the women had one or two extra photos online. (Mar 97)

      168. ** Prana International Marriage Agency - PHOTOS
        Prana lists a small number of single Russian women. This site had no thumbnails. The photos are good however, and the bios are fair. (Mar 97)

      169. * Premiere Dating Club - PHOTOS
        Wow! Yet another "premier" dating site. It's difficult to work your way around the Premiere Dating Club site however. There are relatively few photos and the bios vary widely in quality. Membership is $47 per year but you can e-mail members for free. (Apr 97)

      170. * Rainbow Introductions - PHOTOS
        Very poor photos, no displayed thumbnails, and almost no bio information. About a hundred women listed, and there are men's listings as well.(March 97)

      171. * Razzmatazz Christian Singles - PHOTOS
        This is a service for Christians (both men and women) mainly from the U.S. The thumbnails are about the fuzziest we've seen! Letters are forwarded for $3 each. (Mar 97)

      172. **** Rendezvous Club - PHOTOS - "Our database contents an amazing collection of ladies for friendship, romance and marriage. Most of them are Siberian ladies."
        If they had "Riviera ladies" it might be a drawing card – but Siberian ladies?! They also say, "Siberia has always attracted the bold and the strong through many centures of immigration." Yes, but Solzhenitsyn says much of it was forced immigration – with a one-way ticket, and none of them were attracted to it. Anyway, we really like this site in spite of it all. It has a good search function and the photos are good as well. The bios are about the best you'll find and most include additional photos. The site is graphically superior to most and includes frames. We'd like to see a "browse next page" button on the bottom of each page though. Addresses start at $15. (Mar 97)

      173. * Rendezvous Dating Service
        This is a service for men and women. You're required to become a member, but there is no membership charge. The bios are fair, but it's difficult to make many matches. (Mar 97)

      174. * Roman & Stefano's Girls Of The World - PHOTOS
        There are misaligned graphics and text on this site -- we wonder why they would put up a web site in this condition. Their banner is at the top of all of their photo pages -- if you've seen it once, isn't that enough? Some of the thumbnails are distorted and there is only fair bio information. Addresses are $20 each. (Mar 97)

      175. * Romance Online - PHOTOS
        Membership begins at $14.95. This is a recent addition to the web and offers listings of both men and women. The photos and bios are fair. (Mar 97)

      176. Romantasy Island
        If this is a "Single's Paradise," you might want to check out "that other place." This is one of the most visually obnoxious sites we've ever seen. (Mar 97)

      177. * Romantic Russia Introduction Service
        This site offers little on the Internet except tours. The average customer tour price is about $3,300.00 plus air fare. (Mar 97)

      178. * Romantic Toronto - PHOTOS - FREE
        Romantic Toronto features single men and women. You can respond to anyone for FREE via e-mail but men must pay to have their personal ad online. The bios are fair and there are not many photos available. (Mar 97)

      179. ** RSVP - FREE
        This site is in Australia but lists single men and women from around the world as well. It's slow surfing here, a Quick Search produces a list with little bio information if you select 'headers.' You have to click on individual member's names to see the full bios, which are very good. Membership is free but may be $9.95 per month in the future. (Apr 97)

      180. ** Russian Introductions - PHOTOS
        Russian Introductions lists only about 30 single women but the photos and bios are good. The addresses start at $15. (Apr 97)

      181. * Russia House Connections
        Good bios, but only a handful of women are listed online. A standard membership costs £295. I wonder how much that is in dollars. (Mar 97)

      182. * Russian Lady for You, A - PHOTOS
        A Russian Lady for You features single women from the former Soviet Union. The thumbnail photographs are too small and are distorted. The linked photos are often of poor quality and are usually too small as well. The bio information of the women listed was barely adequate. The first address is $15. (Apr 97)

      183. * Russian Liaisons - PHOTOS
        Essentially this is nothing more than an ad for for a "multimedia CD-Rom packed with Russian Girls wanting to meet you...!" Their Internet site could use a little multimedia something-or-other. The CD sells for $78. (Apr 97)

      184. ** Russian Brides - PHOTOS
        Surfing was easy on this site. Many sites leave out basis functions like "next" and "previous." This site has them. The thumbnails were of inconsistent quality, but the larger photos and bios were good. Feb 97)

      185. * Russia Connection - PHOTOS
        This site features good to fair bios but only black and white thumbnails not linked to larger photos. Addresses are $10. (Mar 97)

      186. * Russian Connection
        Offers only videos and tours to Russia on the Internet. (Mar 97)

      187. * Russian Rendezvous
        Russian Rendezvous offers a software package for matching Russian women on your computer. The program catalog costs $29.95. You can then respond to the woman of your choice for $9.95 per letter. (Mar 97)

      188. * Russian Romance - PHOTOS
        This site uses frames. You have to look at the annoying RR logo unless you rearrange them. Some of the thumbnails were the fuzziest we've seen anywhere and some of the thumbnail links were broken. The bios were poor, but the addresses were only $3.33. (Mar 97)

      189. ** Russian Singles From Shade - PHOTOS - FREE
        This site appeared to be fairly quick loading, considering it's an "SU" (Soviet Union?) site. Both men and women are featured here. There are good thumbnails linked to additional photos. The bio information was usually good. You contact members for FREE via e-mail. (Mar 97)

      190. * Santa Barbara International Introduction Center
        About 30 Russian women were listed, and there were no thumbnail photos to browse. The bio information was usually good however. You can't "browse next" from each page -- you can only return to the homepage. The background makes it really difficult to read the text. Addresses start at $20.(Feb 97)

      191. ***** Scanna International - PHOTOS - (See also "Dream Girls" above)
        Scanna International is one of the best. This site is nicely arranged by an Internet web-site professional, no flashing animations or other silliness, just a well designed site. Tell us what you think about this operation -- look at Cybermate International for something to compare with. (We're cruel, aren't we?) Scanna's Internet listings go back to May of 1995 -- almost ancient by Internet standards. There are thousands of single women listed online. The bios are brief but adequate and the photos are way above what you usually find on the Internet. Try Scanna -- you'll like it. Addresses start at $12. (Mar 97)

        Scanna is good, but like most of us, not perfect

        We found the following on Scanna International. It's an obvious oversight -- Elena apparently decided to send in another application letter as Irina:

        162-K56. Elena, 34 yrs, 5’4", 110 lbs. Blonde hair and gray eyes, telephone operator, Ukrainian from Kiev; D: son, 8 yrs old. Her personality is a bit shy, kind and faithful. In her spare time she likes to dance, read books and travel. She is searching for a courteous, caring, educated and intelligent man under 45 yrs old. Speaks R, E-1.

        163-K56. Irina, 34 yrs old 163-K56. Irina, 34 yrs, 5’5", 110 lbs. Blonde hair and gray eyes, telephone operator, Ukrainian from Kiev; W: daughter, 11 yrs old. Irina is a sincere kind, patient, even-tempered and faithful lady who likes dancing, reading, sports and housekeeping. She dreams of meeting a kind, attentive, caring and educated man under 45 yrs old. Speaks R, U, E-1.

        Duplicate entries are a problem -- even on Scanna. Everybody has a bad day once in a while but -- unlike Scanna -- some other sites will deceive you deliberately.

      192. * Secret Companions And Penpals - FREE
        Secret Companions says they are, "The Largest Non Profit Companion & Penpal Selection Or Marketplace Classifieds On A Local Or Worldwide Basis With Internet And Hard Copy Editions." Easy for them to say! This site lists men and women from around the world and is a FREE service. (Mar 97)

      193. * Secret Sails - PHOTOS
        Another site on a Russian (read, slow) server. There wasn't much here when we visited the first time but things have brightened up a bit. You can get access to all the addresses here for $25. (Mar 97)

      194. ** Single Christian Network - FREE
        An unusual site offering links to Christians with their own World Wide Web home pages. This is a FREE service. If you have a Free Tripod Web Page you're all set. (Mar 97)

      195. * Singles Connection Network
        Free memberships are all that is available until April 1, 1997. (Mar 97)

      196. Singles Outreach Service - "Enclose $2 per responce."
        SOS is a non-profit organization (with a 900 number -- that's a switch) with the following fees: "To contact a profiler call 1-900-988-1060 ($1.25 per minute) or write a letter to the person you wish to contact and send to SOS, POB 12511, Albany, NY 12212. Enclose $2 per responce and be sure to include the ID # of the person you are writing to."         (Mar 97)

      197. * Singles Now
        A three month subscription to this singles service costs $39. There were 10 age categories to choose for single women and 10 for single men as well. We clicked on them all and didn't find anyone listed anywhere. Apparently this as a very small, select group. (Mar 97)

      198. * SinglesSites.com
        A gateway to other sites -- similar to CupidNet. (Mar 97)

      199. * Small World Penpals
        This site features Filipina women seeking pen pals. Addresses started at $3. (Mar 97)

      200. ** Snooky's Pen-pals, Brides, Wives - PHOTOS
        Single Filipina women are listed on Snooky's. The bios are only fair – they want you to purchase their video for more information. The photos range from poor to good and the videos are generally $15 to $25. (Apr 97)

      201. Soulmates - "We give Singles a guaranteed direct course to their Soulmate."
        Guaranteed?! If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. There are no guarantees in personal relationships. Soulmates says, "Singles are provided with curtail (sic) information that will lead them directly to their Soulmate!" It sounds a little like those Psychic Friends TV ads to us. Soulmates asks people to shell out $30 if they are wondering "if their current partner is truly (sic) The One." If you are wondering that, we think you should visit a reputable relationship counselor, not Soulmates. (Apr 97)

      202. *** Soul Mates
        Soul Mates features single women from around the world. Good bio information is given and the photos are quite good too. There were many pages of listings of women. The server seemed very quick too. Addresses range from $5 to $25 each. (Mar 97)

      203. ** South of the Border Introductions - PHOTOS
        This site offered introductions to 110 ladies from Latin America. Photos were usually good and the bio data was fair. Address ware $10 or $100 for all 110 addresses. (Mar 97)

      204. * Starfire Canada
        No thumbnails were available to browse and there weren't many women listed here as far as we could tell. You'll have to purchase their video to see more. (Mar 97)

      205. * Starfire Connection
        This service offers little on the Internet except an ad for its videos. The women are from St. Petersburg, Russia.. (Mar 97)

      206. Steve Nelson's Filipina Dreamgirls
        The home page is online but nearly all of the other links give you the message. "File Not found... The requested URL /~snelson/fdpage19.htm was not found on this server." (Mar 97)

      207. * Sunshine International - PHOTOS
        Sunshine International features a number of Asian and Oriental women from the pages of their magazine. The current 36-page Spring 1997 issue of Sunshine Girls is $65, which includes the addresses of all 314 women. (Mar 97)

      208. * Svetlana Agency
        Svetlana is a travel & marriage club in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Mar 97)

      209. * Sweet Southern Belles
        No, not from the southern United States, these are sweet southern belles of Mindanao. This site needs lots of work -- it's definitely not a site for sore eyes. (Feb 97)

      210. * Talking Personals On The Internet - FREE
        They're talking all right -- we just wish they'd shut up. You can respond via e-mail for FREE. (Mar 97)

      211. * To Russia With Love - PHOTOS
        This "To Russia With Love" site appears to have borrowed a name already in use (see the original         To Russia With Love site review below). This new site requires you to wade through a seemingly endless number of slow loading pages until you get to the stuff you are looking for. After about 10 minutes you'll finally get to the page where you have to "sign up." Then you are in for a 45 minute session of answering matchmaker questions. We think not! (Jul 97)

      212. ** To Russia With Love - PHOTOS
        A professional organization with a professionally arranged web site. It's difficult browsing here though -- you have to go from one page to the next and wait for the photos to load. Some of the photos are good and some are poor. The bio information is generally good however. (Mar 97)

      213. * Transpacific Marriage Agency - PHOTOS
        This site has underlined colored text -- which everywhere else on the Internet indicates a hyper link -- you can click on it to your heart's content, but it takes you nowhere. This is a unique feature, and we didn't like it. Single women and men from around the globe are featured. The bio data is only poor to fair and there are no thumbnails to browse. (Mar 97)

      214. ** Trimaran - PHOTOS - FREE
        Trimaran offers good, but basic, bios of Russian and ex-USSR women. They used to be free but now they charge for addresses like almost everyone else. (Aug 97)

      215. TSM - "Guys, after four years here I've decide the greatest asset this little country (Latvia) has is its women and they know the value and how to use their " ASSets. " "
        Whew! We weren't even going to mention TSM – they offer tours to Latvia to meet single Russian women – but when we read the quote above we changed our minds. Boy, are these guys going to get in trouble or what?! (May 97).

      216. ** Turistas Introduction Agency - PHOTOS
        A singles service offering introductions to women from Lithuania.Good photos and bios. (Mar 97)

      217. * True Spice
        True Spice is a new service listing only a few single men. (Apr 97)

      218. ** Ukraine Girls International - PHOTOS
        You need a password to view the profiles on Ukraine Girls International, but you can get it for free. (Mar 97)

      219. ** USA Connect - PHOTOS - "Rated as #1 in personal introduction services."
        USA Connect says they are rated #1, but they forgot to say by whom. The bio information goes from fair to good, but the thumbnail photos don't link to larger images. The pages are easy to read though, until the background downloads. The forward and back arrows are not hot-linked — another annoyance. There were two broken links on the photo album page. (Mar 97)

      220. * USA Singles
        A service primarily for single men and women in the United States, but there are a few listings for other countries. The bio information is very limited. Letters are forwarded for $2 and membership is $5 per month. (Mar 97)

      221. * VonCom Internet Personal Advertising
        Apparently there were only two single men and one single woman listed here when we visited. (Mar 97)

      222. Vietnamese Love Connection International
        This site had way to many messages like, "File Not Found. The requested URL /vlc/women/page1/faq.htm was not found on this server. We'll try it again when it's fixed. (Mar 97)

      223. * webpersonals.com - FREE
        A FREE service mainly for men and women from around the world and even one woman from Venus! No photos were available -- we really wanted to see what that Venus vixen looks like. (Mar 97)

      224. ** Welcome To The HomePage For Russian Women - PHOTOS
        That's as close as we could come for the name of this place. If you know its real name please let us know. This site had fair bio information but generally poor thumbnail photos. The thumbnails themselves were not linked, but there were good quality larger photos available, and there were sometimes additional photos as well. At least one woman was listed in two different age groups. (Mar 97)

      225. ** Women Of The World - PHOTOS
        Women mainly from Russian and the Ukraine are featured here. There is a great search function and the photos and bios are above par too. "Video profiles" are $9.95. How you actually contact the women listed here is unclear. (Mar 97)

      226. **** World Class Introductions - PHOTOS - "Had your fill of feminists, gold-diggers, air heads, unfaithful partners and party girls?"
        This site has good quick-loading thumbnails, good larger photos, and good bios. And we really like the part about feminists, gold diggers, and air heads. Addresses start at $15. (May 97)

      227. World Match
        Another "not ready for prime time" site. (Mar 97)

      228. * World Singles
        A singles service offering e-mail addresses for $3. Clicking on "search" merely brings you back to the home page. (Mar 97)

      229. Worldwide Friendship
        If you like seeing messages like, "404 Not Found. The requested URL was not found on this server: /wwf_new/wwf001.htm (d:/friendship/wwf_new/wwf001.htm) Please return to the referring document and note the hypertext link that led you here," this site is for you! (Mar 97)

      230. ** World Wide Marriage Agency - PHOTOS
        Single men and women from around the globe are listed on World Wide. It's slow surfing here – you have to go from one listing to the next. A thumbnail index would be nice. The photos are of good quality and there are often additional photos as well. The search function is poor; not enough options are available. A one month membership is $20 and gives you access to all the members addresses. Addresses start at $10 if you are not a member. (Apr 97)

      231. * You And Me International Marriage Agency - PHOTOS
        Ukrainian women are featured on this site. The thumbnails and larger photos are generally good, the bio data only fair. (Mar 97)

      232. * Your Bride Is In The Mail!
        This site offers a "comprehensive "how-to" guidebook for men considering seeking a foreign bride through mail correspondence." (Mar 97)

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